Street attack inspires Merseyside mum to help Ugandan orphans

Litherland mum Becky Knight was attacked and punched by a thug in the street

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A Merseyside mum said surviving a vicious street attack has inspired her to go on a mercy mission to help Ugandan orphans.

Becky Knight was punched unconscious by a man as she walked home on a summer’s night.

The mum-of-two was strangled and beaten in a Litherland street as members of the public walked by.

Doctors told the 36-year-old that if the assault had continued for any longer she could have died, and medical staff were amazed her cheek bone had not been smashed.

Becky has released photographs of her injuries to the ECHO to highlight the horror of the brutal attack she suffered.

The single mum said she remembers the police arriving as she lay in the road, while her attacker stood above her smoking a cigarette. She said the attack was like being in a nightmare.

Becky was taken by ambulance straight to accident and emergency at Fazakerley hospital.

The incident, which took place on night of July 29 on Kirkstone Road North, was also upsetting for Becky’s teenage children Victoria and Jack.

The aftermath of the attack helped Becky realise what was really important in her life, and she has vowed to take part in a trip to Uganda with charity Global Volunteers. She now needs to raise £2,000 so she can spend a month working in a Ugandan orphanage.

Litherland mum Becky Knight was attacked and punched by a thug in the street

Becky said: “Hopefully something good can come of my ordeal now.

“In a strange way it has helped me think more clearly about what I really want to do with my life. I love working with children, and now I want to go to Uganda to make a contribution there.

“The doctors were astounded that my cheekbone was not smashed in the attack. I could have lost an eye too.

“Thank God someone phoned the police, although I am a bit surprised nobody intervened at the time.”

The Litherland woman also told the ECHO how she has overcome adversity in her life once before, when she lost her first baby during childbirth at 19. Becky said she lives for children and set up a face painting company called Funny Faces. She spends most of her weekends working with children and raising cash for good causes. Becky said her children’s successes also fill her with hope. Victoria, 18, is about to start university and her son Jack is beginning a course in joinery.

A 29-year-old man from Litherland has been charged with section 18 wounding. He is set to appear at court.